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Protests erupt in Hungary over labour laws

Around 3,000 demonstrators gathered at Hungary's parliament on Thursday after it passed new labour laws which allow employers to require up to 400 overtime hours per year and delay payment for it for three years. Protesters also expressed anger over a judicial bill, pushed through by prime minister Viktor Orban's MPs in Budapest on Wednesday and seen to blur boundaries between the executive and judicial power in Hungary.

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